IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Newest Poll: Only 11% in favor of starting ridiculous impeachment hearings. Well, let’s see: We have the Best Economy in History, the Best Employment Numbers in History, Most People Working in History, Highest Stock Market in History, Biggest Tax and Regulation Cuts in History,..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 23, 2019 6:25 am […]
Category: Impeachment
7/17/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States House of Representatives has just overwhelmingly voted to kill the Resolution on Impeachment, 332-95-1. This is perhaps the most ridiculous and time consuming project I have ever had to work on. Impeachment of your President, who has led the….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, 2019 5:24 pm […]
7/17/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday [7-17-19] to table an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump, effectively killing the measure for now but not burying the issue that has divided Democrats. The resolution’s sponsor, Democratic Representative Al Green, was seeking to capitalize on growing criticism of Trump after the […]
7/17/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Wednesday [7-17-19] killed an attempt to impeach President Trump for statements that the chamber condemned this week as racist, turning aside an accusation that he had brought ‘ridicule, disgrace and disrepute’ to his office. The move split Democrats, underscoring the divisions within the party over whether they […]
7/15/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..to impeach President Trump on DAY ONE. Make them the face of the future of the Democrat Party, you will destroy the Democrat Party. Their policies will destroy our Country!’ @LindseyGrahamSC Need I say more?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2019 8:58 am […]
6/26/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to Fake News (and low ratings) @CNN, ‘Democrats say hearings could change impeachment debate.’ That’s because they have lost the impeachment debate (80% say NO), and they are hoping that yet another DO OVER, after 2 1/2 years and $40,000,000, will turn things around….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2019 4:46 […]
6/21/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he believes impeachment proceedings could help him retain the White House in 2020…Trump also said that he believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cautioned against impeachment because she also ‘feels that I will win much easier.’ Pelosi has so far refused to consider impeaching the president without Republican […]
6/19/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially shut the door on censuring President Donald Trump Wednesday [6-20-19] but plans to view a minimally redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report this week, her latest attempt to juggle the competing impeachment factions within her caucus. Pelosi initially rejected an offer from Attorney General William […]
6/18/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Only a few people showed up for the so-called Impeachment rallies over the weekend. The numbers were anemic, no spirit, no hope. More importantly, No Collusion, No Obstruction!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2019 12:10 am […]
6/16/2019
IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost 70% in new Poll say don’t impeach. So ridiculous to even be talking about this subject when all of the crimes were committed by the other side. They can’t win the election fairly!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 16, 2019 4:23 pm […]
6/16/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Yesterday was the Radical Left Democrats big Impeachment day. They worked so hard to make it something really big and special but had one problem – almost nobody showed up. ‘The Media admits low turnout for anti-Trump rallies.’ @FoxNews “All around the Country people are…….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 16, 2019 6:39 […]
6/16/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..saying enough. Democrat voters want to hear the politicians talking about issues. This is a huge distraction and will only help Donald Trump get elected.’ @JedediahBila ‘Greatest President since Ronald Reagan’ said a counter-protester. LehighValleyLive” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 16, 2019 6:39 am […]
6/15/2019
IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TomFitton: As Pelosi House slithers towards impeachment of @RealDonaldTrump, Mueller Report exposed as lying hit job on Trump. @Judici…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2019 6:10 am […]
6/13/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Congress cannot Impeach President Trump (did nothing wrong) because if they did they would be putting themselves above the law. The Constitution provides criteria for Impeachment – treason, bribery, high crimes & misdemeanors. Unless there is compelling evidence, Impeachment…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 13, 2019 6:03 am […]
6/12/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said the Justice Department would have ‘no choice’ but to charge President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice if he finished his term without being impeached. Speaking with NPR’s Scott Detrow in an interview published Wednesday [6-12-19], Harris said special counsel Robert Mueller essentially set the stage […]
6/12/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump and his top allies are moving to make Justin Amash pay for becoming the sole Republican congressman to call for the president’s impeachment. Trump and his top advisers have discussed the prospect of backing a primary challenge to the Michigan lawmaker — a highly unusual move for a president […]
6/11/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has no direct control over his impeachment, but that’s not stopping him from trying to weaponize the process. It’s shaping up to be a classic Trump scheme — counterattack, demean the opposition, predict absolute victory, reduce the argument to a few talking points, and never, ever, cede ground. And […]
6/10/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, whose actions during the Russia investigation have prompted comparisons to the Watergate scandal, drew a distinction between himself and President Richard Nixon on Monday [6-10-19]: ‘He left. I don’t leave. A big difference.’ He made the comment on the same day that John Dean, the former Nixon White House […]
6/10/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “[Y]ou can’t impeach somebody when there’s never been anything done wrong. We have a no collusion. We have no anything. There’s no obstruction. There’s no collusion. There’s no anything. When you look at past impeachments, whether it was President Clinton or — I guess, President Nixon never got there; he left. I […]
6/6/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [6-6-19] called Nancy Pelosi a ‘nasty, vindictive, horrible person’ in response to the House speaker telling lawmakers she wanted Trump to go to prison…POLITICO reported Wednesday [6-5-19] that Pelosi said she wanted Trump to go to prison while pushing back on Democratic efforts to impeach […]
6/6/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With Congress enmeshed in a fraught debate over whether to impeach President Donald Trump, Robert Mueller’s brief and dramatic news conference provided a sharp reminder that impeachment is not the only option for addressing the president’s alleged misdeeds. The outlines of a potential civilian prosecution of a former president Trump are […]
6/4/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats can’t stop talking about impeaching Donald Trump, yet they blame everyone else for their predicament. Democrats slam Trump as ‘lawless’ and ‘a threat to democracy”’ in one breath, then in the next say they won’t impeach him and knock the media for asking about it. They’re infuriated when Trump refuses […]
6/4/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a turnaround, now says the House should begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. In an interview with USA Today on Monday [6-3-19], the Nevada Democrat said that ‘it’s not the right thing to do nothing’ about allegations that Trump obstructed justice in […]
6/2/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no basis whatsoever for impeachment. None. There was no collusion. There was no obstruction. There was no crime. The crime was by the Democrats. The crime was by the Democrats. There is no legal basis for impeachment. It’s a big witch hunt. Everybody knows it, including the Democrats.” -Donald Trump, […]
5/30/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? WITCH-HUNT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 30, 2019 9:31 pm […]
5/30/2019
IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump expressed bewilderment on Thursday [5-30-19] at the prospect that House Democrats could even consider moving to oust him from office, calling impeachment a ‘dirty, filthy, disgusting word’…Circling back to whether he thought he would be impeached, he told reporters, ‘I don’t think so, because there was no […]
5/30/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump lashed out angrily at Robert S. Mueller III on Thursday [5-30-19], accusing him of pursuing a personal vendetta as Mr. Trump sought to counter increasing calls among Democrats for his impeachment. A day after Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, spoke out for the first time and refused to exonerate […]
5/30/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Moments after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, wrapped up his appearance at the Justice Department on Wednesday [5-29-19], Representative Dwight Evans stepped out of his district office in a black working-class neighborhood here to visit with local business owners. They had one question on their minds: Why […]
5/29/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NAFTA/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi is resisting pressure from the Trump administration to quickly approve an updated North American trade deal and is telling lawmakers and union officials that a planned study of the agreement could drag on well into the fall, people familiar with the situation said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
5/29/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the edge of the crowd, Diane Luke, wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, stood up and informed Representative Justin Amash, Republican of Michigan, that she did not have the words to express her disappointment in him…Since he first outlined his belief that the special counsel’s report showed that Mr. Trump […]
5/29/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? WITCH-HUNT!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2019 7:32 pm […]
5/29/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not even a sudden, silence-shattering prod from Robert Mueller could force Nancy Pelosi’s hand on impeachment. But the special counsel’s dramatic public statement Wednesday [5-29-19] energized growing enthusiasm for a more aggressive assault on President Donald Trump among many Democrats even as the House speaker tried to hold them back. […]
5/27/2019
ECONOMY/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Impeach for what, having created perhaps the greatest Economy in our Country’s history, rebuilding our Military, taking care of our Vets (Choice), Judges, Best Jobs Numbers Ever, and much more? Dems are Obstructionists! https://t.co/NrTIxU9ZnA” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 27, 2019 4:10 am […]
5/24/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘If they try to Impeach President Trump, who has done nothing wrong (No Collusion), they will end up getting him re-elected’ @LindseyGrahamSC Impeachment is for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. There were no High Crimes and Misdemeanors, except for those committed by the other side!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 24, 2019 7:19 am […]
5/23/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued Thursday [5-23-19] the ‘White House is just crying out for impeachment’ but that Democrats will continue to hold back on opening an impeachment inquiry until it’s ‘unavoidable’…Pelosi has previously argued that President Donald Trump is goading Democrats into impeaching him because he thinks it will fire […]
5/23/2019
DEMS/HOLIDAY/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi just bought a little more time. The California Democrat sent lawmakers out the door Thursday for a 10-day Memorial Day break after tamping down swelling demands from House Democrats to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. But with Trump intent on defying Democrats on every investigative front, […]
5/22/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everything the Democrats are asking me for is based on an illegally started investigation that failed for them, especially when the Mueller Report came back with a NO COLLUSION finding. Now they say Impeach President Trump, even though he did nothin wrong, while they ‘fish!’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2019 […]
5/22/2019
CONGRESS/ELIZABETH WARREN/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts called for Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump after the release of the redacted Mueller report last month, arguing that Robert S. Mueller, the special counsel, ‘put the next step in the hands of Congress.’ But many of her competitors stayed quiet on […]
5/21/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bloc of liberal Democrats began pressing on Tuesday [5-21-19] for an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, underscoring party divisions and the growing difficulties that Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces as she tries to chart a more methodical course. Mr. Trump’s latest defiance of congressional oversight demands precipitated the break among Democrats. […]
5/21/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Freshman Democrats who delivered the House majority are starting to split under impeachment pressure as a number of those in competitive districts are now warming to the idea of launching proceedings against President Donald Trump. As the administration continues to stonewall requests for documents — not just surrounding special counsel Robert Mueller’s […]
5/20/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democratic leaders sparred internally on Monday [5-20-19] over whether to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies rejecting the call to move forward for now, according to multiple sources. Reps. David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Joe Neguse […]
5/17/2019
GOP/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a series of tweets Saturday [5-18-19] afternoon, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., came out in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, making Amash the first Republican member of Congress to do so. Amash, who represents Grand Rapids, Michigan, wrote that ‘President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct’ regarding obstruction of justice. The […]
5/8/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Wednesday [5-8-19] that President Donald Trump is building his own case for impeachment by continuing to stonewall lawmakers in their demand for testimony and documents from the White House…The speaker has consistently sought to tamp down talk among the Democratic Caucus of impeaching the president, warning […]
5/7/2019
ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He wants to impeach because they can’t win election. Sad! https://t.co/oFO6wMVhYt” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 7, 2019 8:15 pm […]
5/6/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Democrat Texas Congressman Al Green says impeachment is the only thing that can prevent President Trump from re-election in 2020.’ @OANN In other words, Dems can’t win the election fairly. You can’t impeach a president for creating the best economy in our country’s history…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 6, 2019 5:46 am […]
4/30/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The Trump family lawsuit to block oversight of its finances has House Democrats scrambling to confront what many see as the gravest threat to congressional independence since the Nixon era, reviving internal debate over the ultimate weapon in the Democrats’ arsenal: impeachment. For nearly two weeks, Democrats have debated […]
4/30/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team are nowhere close to launching impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump — with the chances diminishing as the 2020 election moves ever closer. Democratic lawmakers and senior aides say Pelosi and her deputies are unmoved despite a groundswell of impeachment talk among rank-and-file members […]
4/30/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key House Democrats who have avoided questions about impeachment in the past say that President Donald Trump could be exposing himself to another potential avenue for impeachment by obstructing congressional investigations. The White House’s all-out refusal to cooperate with the House Democratic investigations have some Democrats questioning whether Trump’s blatant disregard for […]
4/29/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump is moving ahead with a Thursday [5-2-19] hearing to question Attorney General William Barr about the Mueller report, even if the attorney general doesn’t show. The standoff took its latest turn Monday [4-29-19] when the Judiciary […]
4/26/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Weirdo Tom Steyer, who didn’t have the ‘guts’ or money to run for President, is still trying to remain relevant by putting himself on ads begging for impeachment. He doesn’t mention the fact that mine is perhaps the most successful first 2 year presidency in history & NO C OR O!” –Donald […]
4/24/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No one enjoys getting impeached, and if it happens to him, Donald J. Trump will be no exception. On the other hand, it’s hard to imagine any potential target of impeachment in Anglo-American history relishing the fight more than Trump. He’d rather be done with the Mueller investigation in all […]
4/24/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Speaker Nancy Pelosi urges caution on impeachment, rank-and-file House Democrats are agonizing over the prospect of trying to oust President Trump, caught between their sense of historic responsibilities and political considerations in the wake of the special counsel’s damning portrait of abuses. The Democrats — including more than […]
4/24/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Impeachment is driving debate on the campaign trail now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is out. Although the 448-page long report did not take a stance on whether the president or his associates obstructed justice, the evidence presented of the president’s efforts to derail […]
4/24/2019
BRETT KAVANAUGH/CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If President Trump thinks the Supreme Court can rescue him from impeachment, he should check with his latest nominee there, Brett Kavanaugh. The new associate justice, who two decades ago was among President Bill Clinton’s pursuers at the Justice Department, has written that impeachment is the sole province of Congress. […]
4/23/2019
ECONOMY/IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You mean the Stock Market hit an all-time record high today and they’re actually talking impeachment!? Will I ever be given credit for anything by the Fake News Media or Radical Liberal Dems? NO COLLUSION!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2019 5:43 pm […]
4/22/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday [4-22-19] rejected calls to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump despite new voices in her caucus calling for the House to take that step in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The speaker vowed to wield the full power of her House majority to […]
4/22/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Impeachment talk is racing around Washington. Democrats pressed the issue on a caucus conference call Monday[4-22-19]. Some White House hopefuls are urging Congress to take action. Even President Donald Trump himself weighed in Monday morning. But in the White House, aides aren’t thinking much about impeachment. They’re not convinced Democrats would […]
4/22/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2019 11:58 am […]
4/22/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Only high crimes and misdemeanors can lead to impeachment. There were no crimes by me (No Collusion, No Obstruction), so you can’t impeach. It was the Democrats that committed the crimes, not your Republican President! Tables are finally turning on the Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2019 8:47 am […]
4/22/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi, confronting a Democratic divide over the findings of the special counsel, urged her caucus on Monday [4-22-19] to hold off impeaching President Trump for now, even as she denounced the ‘highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior’ that she said had dishonored his office. Her comments, outlined in a letter […]
4/21/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2019 5:35 pm […]
4/19/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELIZABETH WARREN/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Friday [4-19-19] said Congress should begin the process of removing President Donald Trump from office over findings in U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. ‘The severity of this misconduct demands that elected officials in both parties set aside […]
4/19/2019
CONGRESS/ELIZABETH WARREN/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday [4-19-19] called on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump in the wake of the publication of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, breaking with Democratic leaders deferring the politically risky move despite new evidence that Trump attempted to derail the Russia probe…Mueller’s 448-page report described at […]
4/19/2019
IMPEACHMENT/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Conservative lawyer George Conway on Thursday [4-18-19] called for President Donald Trump to be impeached, entrenching himself even deeper in opposition to his wife, senior counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. In an op-ed in The Washington Post, George Conway, who […]
4/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday [4-19-19] declined to comment on whether Congress might launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, saying it was not appropriate to criticize him while abroad. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election […]
3/26/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT: [Reporter: “Some Democrats, sir, are still talking about impeachment. What’s your response to that?”] “I don’t think they’re talking about impeachment. We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had. Our country is in incredible shape. They and others created a fraud on our country with this ridiculous witch hunt, where it was proven, very […]
3/20/2019
IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Support for impeaching President Donald Trump has fallen 7 points since December, a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, following Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calling impeachment ‘so divisive to the country.’ The decline — from 43% in favor in December to 36% now — stems largely from a change in […]
3/13/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GeraldoRivera: @SpeakerPelosi statements vs #Impeachment are refreshing & conciliatory. Her conclusion that attempting to remove @realD…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 9:28 am […]
3/13/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) agree, at least for now: He shouldn’t be impeached. Trump tweeted Wednesday [3-13-19] he greatly appreciates Pelosi’s ‘statement against impeachment’ but says ‘everyone must remember the minor fact that I never did anything wrong.’ Trump claims his first years in office […]
3/13/2019
IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I greatly appreciate Nancy Pelosi’s statement against impeachment, but everyone must remember the minor fact that I never did anything wrong, the Economy and Unemployment are the best ever, Military and Vets are great – and many other successes! How do you impeach….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 5:50 am […]
3/13/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….a man who is considered by many to be the President with the most successful first two years in history, especially when he has done nothing wrong and impeachment is for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 5:50 am […]
3/11/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who has played down talk of impeachment for months, ratcheted up her objections to trying to remove President Trump from office in an interview published on Monday…Ms. Pelosi has repeatedly made her aversion to impeachment clear in the past. But her remarks to The Post were […]
3/4/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘There is no Collusion. All of these investigations are in search of a crime. Democrats have no evidence to impeach President Trump. Ridiculous!’ @DevinNunes @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2019 3:17 pm […]
2/28/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael D. Cohen’s explosive testimony this week about President Trump’s potentially felonious conduct has not moved House Democratic leaders closer to initiating impeachment proceedings against the president, with top lawmakers preferring to pursue multiple intertwined inquiries as they await the results of the special counsel’s investigation. Democrats on Thursday [2-28-19] emphasized […]
2/14/2019
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Trying to use the 25th Amendment to try and circumvent the Election is a despicable act of unconstitutional power grabbing…which happens in third world countries. You have to obey the law. This is an attack on our system & Constitution.’ Alan Dershowitz. @TuckerCarlson” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 14, 2019 10:16 pm […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billionaire Tom Steyer is cranking up pressure on key House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump where he thinks they’ll feel it most — back in their home districts. Steyer’s first targets are three powerful committee chairmen, Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). But the liberal megadonor isn’t […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are wrestling with how aggressively they will investigate the president and whether impeachment proceedings will ultimately be warranted. Publicly, the discussion has largely centered on worries about the political implications of moving forward. Some Democrats are concerned that aggressive oversight might trigger a backlash from voters; others worry that holding President […]
1/18/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a pointed exchange during William Barr’s confirmation hearing earlier this week, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., engaged the nominee for attorney general in an ominous hypothetical: If the president encouraged or instructed a witness to lie, would that act amount to obstruction of justice? ‘Yes,’ Barr said with little hesitation. Two […]
1/16/2019
IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Thursday [1-17-19], The Atlantic is coming out with a magazine cover that’s going to stand out on the newsstand. Editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg emailed subscribers on Wednesday [1-16-19] night to give them ‘the opportunity to read it first.’ The cover story, authored by Yoni Appelbaum, is titled ‘The Case for […]
1/4/2018
IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most successful first two years of any president, and is the most popular Republican in party history 93%?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/11/2018
IMPEACHMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] that there would be chaos across the country if he were impeached, as he brushed aside the latest assertions from federal prosecutors that during the 2016 election he coordinated and directed Michael Cohen’s efforts to silence women who claimed they had affairs with […]
12/11/2018
IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to two women did not violate campaign finance laws…Court filings last week drew renewed attention to six-figure payments made […]
11/18/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The audition to become President Donald Trump’s most visible defender in Congress — and lead the fight against any impeachment proceedings — is in full swing. One of Trump’s fiercest allies, Rep. Jim Jordan, on Friday began flirting openly with a bid to serve as the top Republican on the House […]
11/12/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Half of voters say the new Democratic-controlled House should not begin impeachment proceedings next year, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. But even though overall public support for impeaching Trump is tepid (33 percent) and 51 percent don’t support impeachment, House Democrats could find themselves squeezed by a restive […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Around 40% of 2018 voters said they want President Donald Trump impeached, according to CNN’s national exit polls. It’ll become a key question as Democrats seize control of the House and all the investigative and procedural powers that come with that. But while CNN projects that Democrats will take the House, Republicans […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic Party regained control of the House of Representatives as a result of Tuesday’s [11-6-18] midterm elections, while the Republicans held firm control of the Senate. While a Democratic-controlled House now has the power to impeach the President, such a precipitous move is politically fraught, and likely will happen only if […]
10/23/2018
IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 40 years after working on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman is back on the case. This time, it’s with a book: ‘The Case for Impeaching Trump’…’The Case for Impeaching Trump’ is part of a wave of new books and reissues of older works that is inspired […]